"War Zone" at the border

tRump and his dinglberries (like gun-pervert KKKlaun) would have you
believe the Border is a war zone hellscape.  The residents at that Border
have a different story to tell.  Here are a few excerpts, but it's worth
going to the link and reading for continuity.

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A few hundred feet from the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, Laura
Aldana chuckled at the suggestion � made by both leading presidential
candidates � that the region had fallen into chaos.

�Where?� she asked rhetorically. She gestured toward the street outside
the downtown formalwear boutique where she works. �There�s almost too
little to do here.�
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In September of last year, amid a rush of arrivals, Customs and Border
Protection started releasing asylum seekers who had been granted
humanitarian parole into small, rural communities including Douglas,
Bisbee, Nogales and Casa Grande, rather than transporting them to bigger
cities. Many of the mayors and sheriffs of these towns balked.

But in Douglas, a town of about 15,500 people, locals sprang into action,
Adams said. The local Catholic and Episcopalian church, along with
Frontera de Cristo, arranged housing for families and individuals. Local
restaurants donated catered meals, and home cooks contributed giant pots
of pozole.

Over a six-month period, the coalition welcomed about 8,500 people. The
volunteer-run migrant welcome centre ran so smoothly. �Hardly anybody who
wasn�t involved knew that this was even happening,� Adams said.
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But, she added: �In my family, if someone crosses the fence or some
smuggler drops them off in the desert, if they need help we give them
water and shade and a place to charge their phones. And then we mind our
own business.�

Recently, she had offered a drink to a young man who was desperate and
dehydrated when officers showed up at her door asking after a person of
his description. �I don�t lie, so I had to tell them,� she said. �But
this was just a young man and he was desperate. I hugged him, and I said
I was sorry.�
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Anyone who doesn�t look white is at risk of getting pulled over or
interrogated, said Ramon, a member of the Tohono O�odham nation and a
community organiser with the progressive group Lucha, which is
challenging an Arizona ballot measure that would empower local law
enforcement agents to similarly target and question anyone they suspect
to be undocumented.

Last year, border patrol agents shot and killed 58-year-old Raymond
Mattia outside his home on the Tohono O�odham reservation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/03/arizona-mexico-
border-immigration-biden-trump

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Of course stupid dinglberry shitstain gun-pervert KKKlaun will spew his
vicious and derogatory filth, but will not actually debate any of this.